Levantes Dance Theatre is a young company doing extraordinary things. In a short space of time this Anglo-Greek duo of young women have caught the eye of a number of venues, commissioners and artists alike. The company have trained in a multitude of disciplines including ballet, live art, visual art, dance theatre, contemporary performance, design and fashion. Their practice fuses these artistic disciplines to create vivid, inclusive experiences. There is an overwhelming sense within the work of a provocative visual design, costumes and set forming the focus for their use of visual dialogue.

“We want you to eat us with your eyes, to create a sculpture which may be entered into and explored”.

Levantes Dance Theatre are playful, vivacious and vibrant. They are the designers, choreographers, performers, and directors, and look to creating something whole and inclusive rather than managing an artistic patchwork of concepts and ideas. Eccentric worlds are created from a fascination with routine and a desire to marry the lavish and mundane, exploring the perverse and odd idiosyncrasies of human behaviour.

“Mischief, humour and tenderness explode with equal measure to highlight themes of resistance and compliance. We encourage an intimate exchange between audience and performer, hoping they are both drawn in to and repulsed by our work”.

Moments from everyday situations are juxtaposed with lighting, sound and a visual aesthetic to reveal their beauty and significance.

Room Temperature Romance premiered as part of BITE09 at the
Barbican, London in October 2009 and is available on tour from May 2010.

Without a doubt one of the most intelligent, entertaining and generous works I’ve ever seen. I can only hope that Levantes Dance Theatre’s strong artistic handwriting will continue enriching and challenging the British arts scene. We need more artists like this.”
Silke Arnold
Creative Projects Manager
East London Dance

“They bring the stage space alive with their strong presence, and striking use of visual environments. This is certainly a company worth looking out for!”
Sally O’Donnell
Senior Lecturer of Dance
Leicester University, De Monford

“Members of Levantes Dance Theatre trace ambiguous themes of compulsive disorders, pleasures and sins through an intensely visual display. Inventive props and wacky costumes feature high on the agenda…”
Josephine Leask @ Resolution! 2008

“Gin & Satsumas is a surreal cocktail of sensation. Visually stunning, this carnival cascade of cross-dressing strange-faced people doing strange-placed things is curious yet oddly pleasing.”
Mandy Richards @ Resolution! 2008

“Often challenging, their previous works have established Levantes Dance Theatre as one of the most innovative modern dance organisations in the country. A powerful critique of glorified normality, Gin & Satsumas is every bit as refreshing as the title suggests”
Aaron Lavery
Manchester Metro 2008

“With a kitsch aesthetic and kooky costumes ,… [they] create a space where a world of play is superimposed on the ordinary and everyday.”
Tina Jackson
Metro 2009 on Room Temperature Romance

“The quirky and eccentric touches suggest the depths of emotion and even perversity that lie beneath the mundane and everyday.”
The Stage 2009 on Room Temperature Romance 

Co-Artistic Directors: Eleni Edipidi, Bethanie Harrison
Multimedia: Gopan Iyadurai
Stage Manager: Kleoniki Edipidi